As he saw the shaved head youth in shaolin attire along with the yin yang mark on his forehead, Feng Yu's eyes lit up; he could not help but think to himself.
'To think it was that guy, I had almost forgotten he was here; they even had such a rare Life Space Artifact, it's no wonder. I can also feel that his power might also be at the low rank of Third Layer Power. If I am right, then this would be the standard of which a Supreme Prodigy is ranked, which means that both Ning Wen and Sheng Xuefeng should have this power. Likely, they didn't use the full strength of their Martial Paths, or Special Traits assuming they had one that time in the Formless Sword Ridge.'
"Young master, is this that person you spoke of?" Dai Lin asked as Miren Fei, Leon, and the others of his party looked over.
Feng Yu, having been pulled from his thoughts, nodded as he replied, "Correct, this should be that Qiu Yu, and if my hunch is correct, he should be their mainstay Supreme Prodigy."
While Feng Yu and the others conversed silently, Kazak looked at the scene with cold, sinister eyes. He didn't attack earlier because he had already sensed a powerful presence hiding nearby, and as the new face had appeared from a Life Space Artifact, he narrowed his eyes and spoke in an icy tone.
“So, you are that Yin Yang Supreme Prodigy of the Desert Shaolins, hmph! I've heard rumors about you, but I never thought we'd meet here. Heh, it looks like I can defeat you before my debut at the Dragon Talent Meet.”
Qiu Yu smirked as he heard those words, his eyes remaining closed as he spoke with his arms clasped together.
"The Phantom Eyed Crypt Child, I've similarly heard your name, others might not know, but I most naturally know of your deeds in those Black Dunes. I must say, you have quite the confidence, but how can you defeat me if you can't even stand at the top of your forces, Crypt Children?"
Bang! As if Qiu Yu's words hit a nerve, Kazak's towering battle qi erupted once more, causing the floor to crack apart as he glared at him with killing intent.
"Qiu Yu! I've decided I will kill you with my own hands! Azger, destroy the others and take that girl!"
"As you wish," Azger said as he took a step forward, causing the ground to sink in due to his force. His powers were erupting like a volcano as it pressured all in the area.
Qiu Yu's body glowed in a brilliant black and white light that clashed with Kazak’s auras, resisting his battle qi. He then glanced at Feng Yu from the corners of his eyes as he sent him a mental message.
'Mr. Crimson Mask, I would truly like to chat, but my hands will be tied right now. Can you handle that guy?'
When Feng Yu heard his words, he knew he was referring to Azger; Feng Yu showed a sharp and determined look as he replied similarly.
'I can't alone, but with my companions, we should be able to find a way.'
'Good, then we can chat after the battle.' Qiu Yu said with another mental message as he pushed his battle qi to the max. In seconds he had vanished; Kazak didn't seem to like this change.
"Hmph! Running already, you won't escape!" Kazak said as he flickered and vanished as well.
Now, it was only Feng Yu's party, along with Pan Mang, Pan Shin, and He Xiu left before the dreadful Azger, who stood before them with a menacing presence, his cold eyes glaring at them as if like a tiger choosing his prey.
Chapter 318
Clash of Supremes! Hu Wuhan Appears.
Two bright light sources shot through the air before making a graceful curve, landing in a distant area. The audience that watched this from afar picked up on the change and couldn't help but clamor when they saw the individuals who stood against each other.
"Hmm, it's that fellow; why did he chase after that person?"
"Idiot, look closer, the person who he's facing now is that famous Yin Yang Supreme Prodigy."
"What? You mean that prodigy from the Desert Shaolin Temple? When did he get here?"
"It seems that he's been here for quite some time."
"Che, this is odd; a Supreme Prodigy isn't just someone any character can match. Is he that confident in his strength?" Another person asked, hearing the previous discussions.
"I guess we'll—" One person was about to say something, but before he could finish, someone spoke in alarm.
"What? I know that face; I've seen it before!" The voice said.
The audience took a look at the person, noticing that it was a man from the Blue Turban faction. One of the ladies on the Red Sand Dancers stared at him and mocked, "You know, then why don't we? Is this fellow someone famous?"
The others also had similar thoughts; everyone knew who the top characters were regardless of the regions. Well, that was, of course, except for those belonging to the Black Dunes.
The man ignored their speculations and spoke with a look of fear, "You won't know, but I've been there, in the darker reaches of the Black Dunes. There, I've heard rumors of a few prodigies comparable to even a Supreme Prodigy, talents from the Everlasting Crypt known as Crypt Children. They all were the certain type of fabric, embedded with the tombstone pattern with only one key difference about them..."
When the others listen to the man speak, they all grew solemn, not mocking him again; the man stared at them with a piercing gaze as he continued.
"Their eyes, it's their eyes that are unique things in this world, the sorcerers will assign a Crypt Child a faction dependent on their eyes, and the one you see before you is none other than second most ruthless of them all, Phantom Eyed Kazak. A child so ruthless he swallowed the souls of ten thousand slaves simply to activate his eye's Special Trait."
The other jolted at this news, a few didn't even dare to believe it, but as they saw the man's expression and heard his words, they felt it to be true.
The Red Sand Dancers lady looked at the man and spoke, "How do you know so much about it? Why would you even venture to a place so dangerous in Black Dunes?"
Everyone looked at the man again, but this time, the man sighed as he tore a piece of his shirt, showing a savage skull-shaped brand mark on his chest. He then stared at them and spoke, "It's simple, it's because I was once a slave of one of the Everlasting Crypt's Phantom Eyed Faction Essence Mines. Captured for a few years back, if it weren't for a miracle of an oddly powerful Element Storm, I wouldn't be here today; I would have most likely fallen to this ruthless child."
The others sucked up a bright of cold air, hearing the man's words, they no longer dared to look down on Kazak, their eyes showing fear as they continued to spectate from afar.
At this time, both Kazak and Qiu Yu stared at each other in silence, their robes lightly fluttering as they sized up the other. The warrior battle qi emanated from them, growing steadily with each passing breath as if waiting to be unleashed in full.
Suddenly, Kazak smirked before he vanished, appearing like a dark light streak, beaming towards Qiu Yu from one side only to appear at his right flank in a mere flash.
"Let's see if you're even worth my time, Crypt Sorcery - Extreme Curse Palm!"
With his shout, his pale palm stretched towards the seemingly unguarded Qiu Yu, coated with sinister-looking energies as a few blackish diagrams with curse markings appeared around it.
'He's not bad...' Qiu thought as he stared at Kazak, his palms that were clasped clenched together. He then started to shine like Master Duan's as he spoke, "Yin Yang Counter."
Following his words, his arms separated at lightning-fast speeds, drawing a circle around his body as they left behind multiple remnant shades.
Bang! Kazak's palm had smashed into something invisible as the black cursed diagrams rotated, spreading a destructive ripple of power that corroded the immediate surroundings.
Still, despite the chaos, Qiu Yu seemed unphased. A few seconds later, a Yin Yang diagram appeared; it sent a ripple of white and black energy before it scattered the cursed diagrams.
Swoosh! As if repelled by the counter, Kazak's body was forced backward at high speeds before he fell onto the ground once more, his feet sliding back for a few met
ers before he forcefully halted himself with his warrior battle qi.
Kazak looked down at his body and noticed that there was a small tear in his robes. He narrowed his cold eyes as he spoke, "So you were capable of doing damage despite using a defensive technique, humph, it seems I might have underestimated you, Supreme Prodigies."
As this type, Qiu Yu had halted his moving arms before he placed his palms together at his chest. The diagram faded as he closed his eyes and spoke with a faint smile.
"Arrogance is the path to a warriors true defeat."
Kazak felt more enraged at Qiu Yu's manner, but he didn't lose his cool; he knew the opponent was strong.
"Good, it wouldn't be fun if you died so easily; let's see how to insist against my true power. Phantom Eyes Domain!"
In his pupils lit up in bright light, his body then began to erupt an even more significant amount of power. Quickly, a domain ghostly formed as a series of angry souls started to swarm around his figure, each seeming to have an endless killing desire.
Qiu Yu frowned as he saw this, his body emanating an endless amount of black and white power as it countered the evil yin qi from Kazak’s domain.
'It seems that his Phantom Eyes Trait is capable of bolstering his power by a large extent, allowing him to utilize the power of the Soul Martial Path at the Second Stage. Further boosting it to the early levels of Stage Tree, allowing him to congeal phantoms into reality. The strength gained from this is then equal to the low rank of Third Layer Battle Prestige.'
Kazak didn't waste any time after utilizing his Phantom Eyes; he quickly pointed his finger towards Qiu Yu and commanded, 'Destroy him!'
The soul warriors cried out savagely as they charged ahead like rays of light aiming to crush him, but Qiu Yu didn't show any signs of fear.
"Rest easy in the netherworld; your fight has long since ended, Yin Yang Ascension Palm!"
Qiu Yu said as he fully erupted his real strength, a black and white domain formed around him much like that of Kazak's, clashing against it before dividing their surroundings into half.
He then struck his palm forward, sending out a palm with a Yin Yang symbol that revolved at its center; the phantoms that were caught by it were shredded to peace as they faded from reality and ascended from the mortal world.
As if this palm still had more power, it continued to press towards Kazak, who snorted before he leaped towards it; he similarly struck his palms outward as the skull symbol in his eyes glowed when he shouted.
"Phantom Eyes Soul Palm!"
A giant ghostly palm formed from a cluster of the souls that had remained within his half of the domain, it then appeared before his palm, which crashed into Qiu Yu's palm attack.
Boom! Both forces created a shocking boom as they continuously pressed against each other, their domains constantly struggling to overwhelm the other as they now struggled for superiority.
"Incredible, so these are Supreme Prodigies, it's like watching the fight between the older generation. Their blows are almost comparable to a True Soul realm doing casual attacks." Someone from the audience said.
The others also nodded in agreement; they couldn't leave here, so they could only hope that those on the side of the Weaver's Enclave would come out on top.
Bai Zan, who cautiously inspected the surroundings, shifted her eyes upward once more. She noticed that the Grand Preceptor still had a cold look on his face as he kept eying the audience, but soon, her eyes widened as if she saw something shocking.
'That... that is...' Bai Zan thought with excitement, feeling as if the world had transformed.
Han Yi also noticed her change, shifting his eyes up only to become alarmed as well.
At this time, the Grand Preceptor who scanned the audience frowned as if he was distracted by something. He glanced at the battle with Liao Xinyan and the two sorcerers before shifting his eyes to the scene with Kazak and Qiu Yu battling.
His cold looking eyes burned with anger when he glanced at the side of Feng Yu and the others only to notice that Azger was about to face them.
'That fool, what is he doing? Can't he understand the current situation? He actually chose to leave this task to that High Class Tomb Soldier, tsk, when will he learn to get over his tantrums and focus on the objective!'
The Grand Preceptor felt even more rage as he saw Kazak struggling to fight Qiu Yu.
‘It looks like I'll have to do it myself before a change arises.'
With those thoughts in mind, his eyes turned sharp as he stretched his arm in the direction of He Xiu, his body emanating a dense amount of qi, but before he could take action, a voice sounded from behind him.
"Nilzak, I don’t think you should be worried about those children in your position."
When Nilzak heard those words, his eyes turned colder as he turned his attention towards his rear. There, floating in the sky, was a familiar-looking old woman, garbed in a black spiral patterned robe with curly black hair embellished with beads. She looked at him with a calm look, as if she was staring at a mouse in a trap.
“He Wuhan, so it turns out that my speculations were correct. Hmph! However, even if you do show up now, nothing will change.”
Nilzak snorted as his body emanated a dense power like none before, bringing a startle to many below. He wanted to get He Xiu before anything else, but as she appeared, he knew that he wouldn’t have the chance. Right now, he felt that it would be better to leave the situation below to the Tomb Soldier.
“Care to find out?” He Wuhan said as she gave off an odd pressure, filling Nilzak with a surge of danger as he observed her silently. The two facing each other in a silent stand off moments away from truly colliding.
Chapter 319
Azger the Mighty, A Desperate Battle
"Hey, look, it's He Wuhan!" Someone said in alarm.
"Huh, where?" Another person said, but as he looked up, his eyes widened in surprise and joy as he shouted, "Haha, we're saved!"
His cry filled all who didn't notice before with shock, but Bai Zan, who had been carefully eyeing the sky, was the first to tell the scene.
"I knew they had a plan; I thought that her disappearance was quite strange, it turns out it must have been a ploy." Bai Zan said as she looked at the scene above with stern eyes.
Han Yi shook his head as he spoke, "Miss Bai, I have to say, you're one crazy woman, but those hunches of yours have never failed."
"Hmph! You think, if I wasn't, then why would I be placed in charge of the southern branch?
Many others were shocked, as even the battling Liao Xinyan, Melcraze, Entoph, and Master Duan, and Wan Ru felt the change.
Bang! An explosion formed as a giant Yin Yang diagram ground a pile of mummies into dust; following it was series of blasts as multiple flaming red pills exploded at various areas, turning many others into ash.
Master Duan and Wan Ru lifted their heads, their eyes seeming to be peering through the ceiling of the prison tomb at the figures looming above the meeting ground.
"Good, she did show up; I suppose we can say that this operation is a success." Master Duan said.
"Indeed, we just need to handle the rest of these Crypt Sorcerers." Wan Ru said she glanced at the anxious-looking Melcraze and Entoph who tried to keep Liao Xinyuan at bay.
"No, they won't last for long; their energies aren't enough to keep powering that True Soul mummy."
"Kreeh!" A group of mummies once more swarmed at them, but both of them merely nodded and continued to pressure the attack from two sides, adding more burden to Melcraze and Entoph.
"Damn! I'm running out of power, and those bastards are killing too many of those mummies. If it's like this, we won't last long!" Entoph said to Melcraze via mental message.
Melcraze who eyes had glanced upward, narrowed as he spoke, "We don't have time to worry about such things. We merely need to perform our role. Look up there, that He Wuhan has now appeared, the Grand Preceptor is likely going to be too busy to do anything else, so right now, we
must do everything possible to hold them back, at least until the Crypt Child comes true."
Entoph gritted his teeth at this as he too saw the scene; he sighed before he spoke, "Fine if it calls for it, I'll just have to start using more life source energies."
"Mm." Melcraze nodded as he prepared to do the same.
Liao Xinyan, who continued to bombard the sphere around him, had a calm expression. He naturally didn't hear their conversation but saw that their energies were weakening.
'Hmph! This battle was over before it even started. With the master here, the mouse that had already bitten the trap is finished.'
With those thoughts in mind, Liao Xinyan kept his focus on his onslaught, sending many different blood-colored thread rays in all directions, his output increased by level as if hurrying to wrap up his battle.
On the side of Feng Yu and the others that stood before Azger, they naturally sensed the changes above.
"Mother..." He Xiu muttered, noticing the old woman in the sky.
Pan Mang and Pan Shin both had excited looks as they knew that the trap was ready to start. Still, they knew that they had a different predicament to face.
"That woman... she's that vendor! To think it was her, I was so foolish not to realize." Feng Yu thought in surprise, but as he recalled it more clearly the strangeness of her aura and how she vanished from their last encounter, he felt it to be more in reason.
Dai Lin also found it alarming, but he didn't dare lose too much focus as the imminent threat was before them.
"This woman, she's halfway to ascending the heavenly step, the very cultivation tier that this world calls Half Step Heavenly realm," Leon said with an in-depth look in his eyes.
"Indeed, I can feel that her combat power isn't of the normal standard either; if it's just that man, then he should in no way be her match," Myria added with a serious expression.
Feng Yu narrowed his eyes at this as he thought, 'They're right, but would such a guy come unprepared? The fact that he didn't do anything since the start of this battle shows that he was likely expecting her. Tsk! No matter, I can't focus on that, right now we have to remove this troublesome man.'
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